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HS Boys School Top 50 Week 13

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HS Boys School Top 50 Week 13

Xavier is still #1. Frank Ancona photo.

We see several big changes this week in the GRR School Top 50.

Much of this is based on Round 4 of the Rugby PA season, which saw St. Joe's Prep tie LaSalle and saw Malvern Prep also get another good result. Malvern lost to LaSalle and we were waiting on what that meant. Now we have both come in. 

Some very close losses gave a bump to Lake Travis and St. Martin's. And a really close win, for Fairfield Prep, sees them move up eight spots. With the upcoming Gonzaga Tournament, which includes BC High, Gonzaga, LaSalle and club teams such as the Charlotte Cardinals, Fort Hunt, and Raptor Rugby, and the SLUH tournament, which includes SLUH, Marquette, La Salette, and St. Thomas Aquinas, we could see some more shifting.

We also have the Texas-LA Varsity Cup playoffs, and also Rye vs Greenwich is a huge one in the Tri-State area.

And, of course, we've got #1 vs #2, Xavier of New York vs St. Ignatius. We will look a bit closer at these games later but, here are a couple of quotes:

"We're winning games but we're not playing very well right now." That's #2 St. Ignatius Head Coach Dan Arbeznik.

“That is going to be a big hill to climb and probably the first true test of where we are." that's #1 Xavier (NY) Head Coach Greg Norris.

Rank Prev Team Notes
1 1 Xavier (NY) Beat Chaminade
2 3 St. Ignatius (OH) Beat St. Xavier (46)
3 2 St. Francis (CA)  
4 4 Cathedral Catholic (CA)  
4 4 Torrey Pines (CA)  
6 6 De La Salle (CA) Beat Marin
7 7 Herriman (UT)  
8 8 Gregory the Great (PA) Beat Conestoga
9 9 Gonzaga (DC) Beat St. Edward (24)
10 11 ND de la Salette (IL) Beat Chesterton
11 12 Sacramento Jesuit (CA) Beat Motherlode
12 13 BC High (MA) Beat Weymoth
13 10 Strake Jesuit (TX) Beat Lake Travis
14 16 Greenwich (CT) Beat Ridgefield
15 14 St. Thomas Aquinas (KS) Beat St. Martin's (23)
16 15 Rye (NY)  
17 23 St. Martin's (KS) Close loss to STA (14)
18 18 East HS (CO)  
19 25 Lake Travis (TX) Close loss to Strake Jesuit (10)
20 28 Fairfield Prep (CT) Beat Staples (21)
21 21 Staples (CT) Close loss to Fairfield Prep (28)
22 19 South Meck (NC)  
23 20 Charlotte Catholic (NC)  
24 22 La Costa Canyon (CA)  
25 24 St. Edward (OH) Lost to Gonzaga (9)
26 26 Jesuit New Orleans (LA) Beat St. Paul
27 27 Christian Brothers (NJ) Beat Union Co.
28 29 Bishop Dwenger (IN)  
29 17 St. Joe's Prep (PA) Tied LaSalle
30 Unr LaSalle (PA) Tied St. Joe's (17)
31 30 Regis Jesuit (CO)  
31 31 Brother Martin (LA) Beat Hammond
32 32 St. Thomas (TX)  
33 33 East HS (UT)  
34 34 St. Augustine (NJ)  
35 35 Dallas Jesuit (TX)  
36 36 Trumbull (CT) Beat Fairfield Pregasi
37 37 Fordham Prep (NY) Beat Pelham
38 40 Marquette HS (WI) Beat Eastside Exiles
39 41 Georgetown Prep (MD) Lost to Fort Hunt
41 45 Eagle (ID) Beat Rocky Mountain
42 Unr Malvern Prep (PA) Beat Cumberland Valley
43 38 Hough (NC)  
44 42 SLUH (MO)  
45 44 Bishop O'Dowd (CA)  
46 50 Detroit Central Catholic (MI) Beat St. Ignatius Blue
47 47 Bixby (OK) Close loss to F5
48 46 St. Xavier (OH) Lost to St. Ignatius (3)
49 48 Kahuku (HI)  
50 Unr Brophy Prep (AZ) Beat Tempe